Jacquiz McBee v. State of Tennessee

A Knox County jury convicted the Petitioner, Jacquiz McBee, of first-degree murder, and
the trial court sentenced him to life in prison to be served consecutively to his prior threeyear
sentence for aggravated assault. The Petitioner appealed his conviction and sentence,
and this court affirmed both. State v. McBee, No. E2021-01048-CCA-R3-CD, 2022 WL
16833562, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 9, 2022), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Mar. 9, 2023).
The Petitioner filed a petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act asking
that evidence in his case be tested for DNA and undergo fingerprint analysis. The postconviction
court summarily dismissed the petition. The Petitioner appeals, maintaining
that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his petition for fingerprint and DNA
analysis of evidence in his case. After review, we affirm the post-conviction court’s
judgment.